Over the last 15 years, the image of the European Union (EU) has been severely weakened. Following the so-called polycrisis - the euro crisis (2008), the refugee crisis (2015) and Brexit (2016) - the supranational organisation is facing the significant rise of Eurosceptic and populist, predominantly right-wing parties that have emerged in its membe...
This book offers a unique perspective on the Brazilian communication environment in the middle of its most serious political crisis after a military dictatorship. The 2013 protests were an important turning point in the political life of the country, and are often seen as the trigger of many communicational and political dynamics that have led to r...
The emergence of mobile instant messaging services has brought about a new transformation in the communication driven by political actors. Such services have turned these platforms into a tool for disseminating information to attract new voters. The aim of this research is to find out how Telegram is used by the main political parties which stood f...
This article aims to analyze the strategies used by political parties on Instagram during the election campaign of November 10, 2019, in terms of their content and media resources in a political-spectacle environment. A total of 655 publications were analyzed, coming from state and autonomous Catalan parties, through content analysis with quantitat...
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In the midst of entertainment society, that started off at the end of the twentieth century, pop politics developed as a new communication formula used by the political leaders to share their image and their messages to the citizens by means of features from the entertainment environment or celebritization. In a similar way, the traditional mass me...
The purpose of this study is to investigate how the Green Party, which is a part of the Swedish parliament, uses emojis on Instagram. In addition, the study examines whether the usage has increased or not during the time period 2014-2021. The thesis also aims to find out how the use of emojis affects media users' perceptions of the message. Lastly,...
Social media has changed how political communication is distributed (Häussler, 2021) and has led to party leaders’ using the platforms to create an image of themselves as ordinary individuals (Bărbieru, 2020). Ahead of the 2022 election, social media is expected to play a more prominent role, with it being the source of choice for first-time voters...
A reconceptualization of the game and strategy frames is carried out separately according to the international literature and sub-indicators are built to obtain a more accurate measurement of each of them. The coverage of the 2016 Peruvian presidential elections is analyzed in 20 radio, press and television programs, three days before the president...
COVID-19 modified, overnight, the routine of citizens, and therefore that of journalists and communication offices. The great health and social impact of the pandemic have forced public administrations to accept an ongoing crisis management procedure that remains open, which is unprecedented for institutional communication in the 21st century. Poli...
